The Penn's Grove record., 1887-09-10
state News.
SION.

Some young men Of Morristown. n.
j., have refused to pay for a carriage
drive because they hired the turnout
| on Sunday and the trial-Justlce has up
held the position, The stable keeper
threatens to have them arrested for
Sunday pleasure riding, and the young
men say that they VIII bring counter
! charge against him for letting horses
! aud carriages for amusement on sun
day.
The f5-cent excursions TO Cape May
aud Sea Isle City by the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company on Sunday attracted
nineteen carloads of people to the for
mel place and sixteen to the latter.
Doctor Miller. the veterinarian, says
the horse disease is Ns%nfsrIlng, aid
that the cool weather is unfavorable
for its spread. One sharp bit OF frost
would stamp it out, he says.
The West Jersey Railroad authorities
have assured Treasurer James NJ. Gas
sadly, OF The Putnam Grove Association,
that there Is no intention to build "A
station heal tbs camp-meeting ground
where trains will stop on sundays.
The company has II compact with the
association not to stop trains at the
camp ground on SUNDAYS.
There are already eleven candidate
for the Democratic Assembly noinina,
ton in The Second district OF Cumber-
land county.
B~ridgetnn has had a new we'll sunk
with a capacity of 100, 900 gallons Il day
in order TO supply the increasing de-
mand fOr water.
The West Jersey Ralirohi Company
has declared a seini-aIulual dividend OF
three yer cent. payabieS September 10th,
A bootblack in Atlantic City has av-
eraged six dollars a day for tie season.
The new race-traok at Cape May will
have two tracks, une Of "a mile for run
ners and the other OF half a mile for
~Lrotters, the latter being within the for
mer. The grand stand will face the
ocean and will be modelled after that at
Saratoga, with a seating capacity for
5000 people. The Pennsylvania Rail-
road Company will build a branch road
direct to the Park.
Sugar manufacturing at Rio GrSnde
Cape May county, will be conducted in
the future by a new process, tie inyen-
ton of Mr.. Henry Hughes. The ley
company has 100 acres, which have
been selected tor the new experiment.
Ii It succeeds, rs il probably will, sorg-
hum sugar making will ae established
AS n regular industry OF South Jersey
without State support,
Elias Doughty, IA prominent south
Jersey Democrat, and Lay Judge of
Cumberland county, died Thursday
At his home In Vineland. He was
elected Mayor Of Vmeland in 1884
and was once a memb or of the Legis-
laturr.
The Cumberland Co. Fair opened on
Tuesday with 5000 in attendance.
All tile departments had good displays.
One OF the features was the contest be-
tween the Bands Of the County for
300 prize which was won by the Inde-
pendent Band Of Bridgetan 1900 at
tended on Wednesday, aud 5000 on
Thursday.
Some time ago while digging in the
pits OF the w. j, Mari and transporta-
ton Co., a skeSton Of some unknown
animal was found tlrirty-dye feet be-
low the surface, The backbone was
alOut fifteen feet long, the jawbone
was about eighteen riches, it was not
three inches wides in its widest
place and tapered of II tbout one inch
aud a quarter at the no. No u as
yet been able to tell anything about
wha, species or family lbe strange ami
nal belonged too. kgars in these
pits often lind elepX ITS tusks. fish
skeleton, shells Of NJ every descrip-
tiOD and heads resa9 <dg q squirrels.